OTTAWA  Ancient, mummified camel bones dug from the tundra confirm that the animals now synonymous with the arid sands of Arabia actually developed in subfreezing forests in what is now Canada's High Arctic, a scientist said Tuesday.

About 3.5 million years ago, Strathcona Fiord on Ellesmere Island's west-central coast would have looked more like a northern forest than an Arctic landscape, said paleobotanist Natalia Rybczynski of the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa.

The 30 fragments found in the sand and pebbles of the tundra were mummified, not fossilized. So despite their age, the pieces preserved tiny fragments of collagen within them, a common type of protein found in bones. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/03/05/ancient-arctic-camel-curious-conundrum/#ixzz2Mi7Yhw90

Collagen degrades rather quickly. That hints at a younger age than I would expect.

It is a known fact that Siberia went from tropical to sub arctic in a matter of days or even hours.

Look at the planet and you will note that the region you are referring is just opposite the Siberian region where Mammoths froze to death (relatively - instantly.

Take Camels from the tropics and move them instantly into a much cooler climate than they normally habituate and most would die. They were adapted for much warmer climates.

Many would have migrated south and reestablished their species in warmer climate and that is if they immediately wondered in the correct direction to allow for survival.

It was speculated that the earths crust rotated due to glacial imbalance at either (or both) north and south poles. The entire earths crust shifted and Antarctic moved to the S Pole.

There are prehistoric maps that show what is now the Antarctic was located more where central to lower Africa is now. There are trees under the ice and animals that could only have existed in such a climate but are now buried for many centuries (about 10).

ALSO note that about that time the Great Flood occurred which is logical because BOTH North & South poles would have almost immediately melted causing the entire planets ocean to rise.

It would have taken a few centuries for both poles to rebuild glaciers substantial enough to gradually lower the ocean level to where it is now. (More or less).

No. As mentioned, Bactrian camels live in very harsh and cold environments. Dromedaries are much more common and suited for a warmer climate, but desert nights can be very cold. Bactrians and dromedaries are also commonly crossbred and then recrossed depending on what they will be used for.

confirm that the animals now synonymous with the arid sands of Arabia actually developed in subfreezing forests

More like victims of a pole shift (Noah's flood?). They lived in a warm climate one minute, and were freeze dried the next. A pole shift would also explain why they found fresh green grass in the stomachs of woolly mammoths buried in the ice.

Even Bactrian camels would find a colder climate that was even more than they could stand. That is why they could more easily migrate out of their situation than the Mammoths didn’t have the more moderate deterioration of their climate.

Even Bactrian camels would find a colder climate that was even more than they could stand. That is why they could more easily migrate out of their situation than the Mammoths didn’t have the more moderate deterioration of their climate.

There's so much wrong about what you chose to believe I don't even know where to begin...

Siberia didn't go from tropical to subarctic in a matter of days... Mammoths didn't instantly freeze to death... Camels evolved to live in a variety of climates; one ones still living in the western hemisphere are adapted to alpine environments... The earth's crust hasn't rotated due to glacial imbalance (whatever that is)... There is no such thing as a “prehistoric map”... And the ever popular Great Flood; really?

Actually there's real evidence a comet hit a residual bit of the ice sheet in Canada and returned much of the Northern hemisphere to ice age conditions rapidly ~ this is called the Younger Dryass. The 'great flood' necessarily occurs by about 8000 BC ~ the place is still flooded BTW!

These camels were wandering about in an arctic desert for several million years.

We raise alpacas. The critters in the picture look more like alpaca faces than camel faces to me. The little one off to the right even loks like he’s wearing a halter. Although I must admit, I’d hesitate to take him into the show ring...

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posted on 03/05/2013 4:46:20 PM PST
by mrs. a
(It's a short life but a merry one...)

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